Understanding Vocabulary Through Context

What does the word "rattling" mean?

• Making short knocking sounds

• To not look good; to be old and used

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

• A silly way to do something

Which word describes something that does not look good and is old and used?

• Rattling

• Raggedy

• Alley

• Nonsense

What is an "alley"?

• A very small living thing that causes sickness

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

• A silly way to do something

• Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye

What does "nonsense" mean?

• A silly way to do something

• Making short knocking sounds

• To not look good; to be old and used

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

What is a "germ"?

• A very small living thing that causes sickness

• Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye

• Making short knocking sounds

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

What does "invisible" mean?

• A very small living thing that causes sickness

• Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye

• Making short knocking sounds

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

In the sentence "Only today I wish I didn't have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box," what does "rattling" imply?

• Making short knocking sounds

• To not look good; to be old and used

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

• A silly way to do something

In the sentence "An ugly sweater like that all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her," what does "raggedy" imply?

• Making short knocking sounds

• To not look good; to be old and used

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

• A silly way to do something

In the sentence "In my head I'm thinking how long till lunchtime, how long till I can take the red sweater and throw it over the schoolyard fence, or leave it hanging on a parking meter, or bunch it up into a little ball and toss it in the alley," what does "alley" refer to?

• A very small living thing that causes sickness

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings

• A silly way to do something

• Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye

In the sentence "You put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense," what does "nonsense" mean?

• A silly way to do something

• Making short knocking sounds

• To not look good; to be old and used

• A long thin street or area that is behind buildings